Objective of stabilizing the population groth which five years plan
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India launched a nationwide Family Planning Programmed in 1952. India is the first country in the world to launch such a programme. A separate department of family Planning was created in 1966 in the ministry of health. In 1977, the Janata Government formulated a new population policy ruling out compulsion. The acceptance of the programme was made purely voluntary. Also the Janata government named the FP dept. as department of family Welfare. The allocation for these programmes was just 0.1 crore in First Five year plan. It has increased to 6.3 crores merged with health in the eleventh five year plan.
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In this context, the Working Group on Po
pulation Stabilization for the Eleventh
Plan (2007-2012) was constituted by Planni
ng Commission with the following terms of
reference (TORs) under the chairmanship of Secretary (Health & FW) (
Annexure 1A
).
The meeting of the Working Group was chaired
by Smt. S. Jalaja,
Additional Secretary
(Health & FW)
a) Review the current demogr
aphic projections for the 11
th
Plan and beyond: the
time by which the country’s population is
likely to stabilize; and to review the
goals indicated in the Nationa
l Population Policy (NPP), 2000.
b) Suggest strategy for achieving populatio
n stabilization as early as possible
keeping in view the current mortality,
fertility & couple protection rates in
different states; fixation of
state wise goals for the 11
th
Plan & individual years
for birth rate, IMR, couple protection
rates, immunization, antenatal, intra-
partum, neonatal & child health care, etc.
c) Assess the current status and future
requirements (short, me
dium & long-term)
of demographic, bio-medical, social and beh
avioural research aimed at meeting
the felt needs for health care of
women and children
, adolescents and aged
during the 11
th
Plan.
d) Project financial implicat
ions for implementation of
family welfare programme
during 11
th
Plan including the plan and non-pl
an requirements;
and the Centre-
State participation in the funding.
e) To deliberate and give recommendations
on any other matter relevant to the
topic.
As part of this Working Group, two s
ub-groups were form
ed. One sub-group
would prepare the report keeping
in view the terms of references while the second
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sub-group would provide
inputs based on the suggestions of various expert
committees constituted under the Na
tional Commission for Population